Mary and Jane Queen Mary told a foreign ambassador that her conscience would not allow her to have Lady Jane Greyput to death. Jane was given comfortable quarters in the house of a gentleman gaoler. Jane, together with Guildford Dudley and two more of his brothers, stood trial for treason on 19th November. They were all found guilty but foreign ambassadors in London reported that Jane's life would be spared. Mary's attitude towards Jane changed when her father, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, joined the rebellion led by Sir Thomas Wyattagainst her proposed marriage to Philip of Spain. Based at Rochester Castle, Wyatt soon had fifteen hundred men under his command. Although there is not any evidence that Jane had any foreknowledge of the conspiracy, "her very existence as a possible figurehead for protestant discontent made her an unacceptable danger to the state". Mary, now agreed with her advisers and the date of Jane's execution was fixed for 9th February, 1554. ...